Julie Lacroix
Maître-assistante en méthodes quantitatives
Julie Lacroix is a Lecturer (Maître-assistante) at the Laboratory for the Study of Social Processes at the University of Neuchâtel since 2024. She teaches statistics applied to the social sciences. Julie holds a PhD in Demography from the University of Geneva and an MA from the University of Montreal. Before joining the University of Neuchâtel, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of St Andrews and a member of the MigrantLife project. Using population registers and longitudinal quantitative methods, her research focuses on international migration dynamics and residential mobility from a life course perspective. She also uses experiments to investigate the mechanisms of discrimination in the housing market.
List of publications
Peer reviewed articles:
Lacroix, J., Liu, C., Abed Al Ahad, M., Kulu, H., & Andersson, G. (2025). Immigrant and Refugee Mobility Across the Urban–Rural Continuum in Three European Countries. International Migration Review, 0(0). [article]
Zschirnt, Eva, Lacroix, Julie, Ruedin, Didier (2025). ‘Tell me more…’: The kind of information added influences ethnic discrimination in the Swiss rental housing market. European Societies, 1-26. [article]
Harrison, J., Delaporte, I., Kulu, H., Mikolai, J., Liu, C., Abed Al Ahad, M., Lacroix, J., Andersson, G., & Pailhé, A. (2025). Residential Mobility and Housing Tenure Among Immigrants and Their Descendants: a Cross-National Analysis of Five European Countries. Eur J Population. [article].
Lacroix, J., Mikolai, J., & Kulu, H. (2024). Intermarriage and housing upon separation. A matter of resources and bargaining power? Journal of Marriage and Family. 86(4): 988-1008. [article]
Lacroix, J., Mikolai, J. & Kulu, H. (2024). On the Timing of Marriage and Childbearing: Family Formation Pathways Among Immigrants in Switzerland. European Journal of Population 40(14):1-32. [article]
Lacroix, J., & Bertrand, A-L. (2024). From Collective Centres to Private Accommodation: Housing Trajectories of Asylum Migrants in Switzerland ». Housing Studies, 1‑20. [article]
Lacroix, J., Didier R. & Zschirnt E. (2023). Discrimination Driven by Variation in Local Conservatism: Evidence from a Nationwide Field Experiment. European Sociological Review. 39(3):464–478. [article]
Lacroix, J., Gagnon, A., & Wanner, P. (2020). Family changes and residential mobility among immigrant and native-born populations. Demographic Research 43 (2020): 1199-1234. [article]
Lacroix, J., & Zufferey, J. (2019). A life Course Approach to Immigrants’ Relocation: Linking Long- and Short-distance Mobility Sequences. Migration letters, 16 (2), 283-300. [article]
Lacroix, J., & Vidal-Coso, E. (2018). Differences in Labor Supply by Birthplace and Family Composition in Switzerland: The Role of Human Capital and Household Income. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 1–26. [article]
Lacroix, J., Gagnon, A., & Lortie, V. (2017). A l’intersection du genre et de l’origine nationale : quels sont les parcours professionnels des immigrants sélectionnés au Québec ? Population, 72(3), 435–462. [article]
Research reports:
Schumacher, R., Moreau, A., & Lacroix, J. (2021). Perspectives démographiques pour le canton de Vaud. Statistique Vaud. https://www.vd.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/organisation/dfin/statvd/Publications/Autres/2021-2050_Persp-popul_VD_rapport.pdf
Auer, D., Lacroix, J., Ruedin, D., and Zschirnt, E. (2019). Ethnische Diskriminierung auf dem Schweizer Wohnungsmarkt. Grenchen: Bundesamt für Wohnungswesen.
(Publication available in German, French, and Italian)
Contact
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